Visual Studio Code shortcut equivalent to Webstorm / IntelliJ Extend Selection

Question

I've grown accustomed to Webstorm's "Extend Selection" shortcut which grows the selection to the next special character.

Example (if the cursor is somewhere in the "someObjectProperty"and the shortcut is activated):

var foo = someObject.someObjectProperty.subProperty;
                     <-- selection 1 -->
          <------ selection 2 --------->
          <-------------- selection 3 ------------>

Now that I've switched to Visual Studio Code, the closest to that type of shortcut I've found is 'editor.action.smartSelect.grow' shortcut

However, while it is similar, it's not the same. Using the same example (if the cursor is somewhere in the "someObjectProperty" and the shortcut is activated):

var foo = someObject.someObjectProperty.subProperty;
       <---------------- selection 1 -------------->
<------------------- selection 2 ------------------>

Is there anything similar in VS Code as the Extend Selection in WebStorm as described above?

Answer 1

While there is no such shortcut/command that comes with VS Code there is third party extension that can be easily installed:

ext install expand-region

More info on the expand-region command:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=letrieu.expand-region